To paraphrase the Bard as we head into the last week, to be brave or not to be brave? By which I mean if the NFL (in which I'm mostly clueless) is anything like English soccer (in which I'm not), the last week of the season is basically a lottery. Some teams have nothing to play for yet there's always one or 2 players who need to play out of their skin to secure a new contract. Other players are already mentally checked out and lying on a beach in Rimini while the coach is talking to them. Some teams rest their best players for the tougher battles to come, while others want to keep them fighting fit. God only knows which way results fall. So do I play it safe and go with the 'favourites' or mix things up and go for final glory? The answer will likely depend on how many beers I have tomorrow night when I make my picks (Russian Christmas tomorrow, usually have a bit of a shindig).
While I'm here I have 2 questions about the sport. I'll say again, I know very little about the nuts and bolts of American football (I still don't fully understand all the rules) but I've been following it for a few years now and the more I watch the more fascinating I find it. I like to watch videos about it and there are 2 that I want some opinions on.
The first is this one, where Belichick is mad. I don't really get what's going on (rules over my head) but the commentators say that nothing is happening that Bill hadn't done before. So my question is, what is he angry about? Does he not realise that he did the same thing (if indeed it's true that he did)? Is he just being an arsehole or is there something the commentators are missing?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTsvc9pkZ04And the 2nd thing I'd like your opinions on is this video about Belichick deliberately throwing Superbowl LII. On a scale of 1 to 10, 1 being "total horseshit" and 10 being "yep, I agree", what do you think about the theory?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1rWZIGS10TU